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The Usefia in Borna, Nigeria
Tulkisu babangida was then a reporter for the b b cs houser service based in borna state and predominantly moslem northern nigeria. Back in two thousand and two she had first noticed the emergence of a small new radical sect in the city, which had formed under the leadership of a young islamic preacher,. It was popularly called the usefia group at that time, because, you know, they are the followers of mohammed yusep but they have ben seen some of them coming out from the friday es on motor bikes. The way they wear their turbons, a know, holding their islamic books actually, during that time.
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